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Breast Ironing - A Pressing Issue in Cameroon

Parents use various methods to delay the sexual development of teenagers. Some massage the developing breasts of young girls.

A young girl helps clear her familys land.

Cameroon: Breast Ironing - A Pressing Issue

RNW Africa, 22 August 2011

Breast ironing is a traditional practice in West Africa. According to the German Development Agency, GTZ, one in four teenagers are subjected to the practice in Cameroon but it is… Read more »
Cameroon: Using Films to Condemn Barbaric Traditions

Cameroon Tribune, 26 October 2007

Nigerian and Cameroonian artists have joined their voices through the film "The Blues Kingdom" to say No! to female genital mutilation (FGM), breast ironing, child… Read more »
West Africa: Cameroon, Nigerian Actors On Female Genital Mutilation

Post (Buea), 7 June 2007

Some Cameroonian and Nigerian actors and movie directors are currently in Mamfe, Manyu Division, Southwest Province, shooting a film on the obnoxious practice of female genital… Read more »
Cameroon: 'Breast Ironing' in Cameroon

EA Standard, 27 May 2007

Imagine having your breasts pounded with a hot grinding stone for hours on end everyday, for a month or two, until they flatten out and stop growing? Read more »
Cameroon: Campaign Launched to Counter 'Breast Ironing'

UNIRIN, 29 June 2006

Activists in Cameroon have begun breaking the silence about 'breast ironing', widely used to protect young women from being noticed by men. Read more »

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